Dominicque's Sketchbook

[Dominicque]

That's some great mileage! I think you are doing the right thing to focus on the anatomy studies for a while. Make sure to do a lot of them, then apply them from imagination on a separate page and see where you went wrong. Another thing that helps is taking a lot of notes along with your studies.

Keep up the good work!

Hi, thanks! I've been studying so much, sometimes I'm so aimless and bored. Sometime it feels as though its not going in. Need to try more from imagination. I get so frustrated, but I find higher enjoyment. Still learning not to be afraid of applying what I have learn. Already taking notes, including of anything I'm interested in. Easiest paper laying around.    I have around three sketchbooks laying around that I'm scanning through, reminds me of how many I actually have, including spare paper.

''Ir wasn't really a lack of motivation that stopped me, it was a fear of doing something wrong. I reluctant of doing studies, in case I remembered too much when pursuing my own work. I would psych myself out that much I just didn't enjoy drawing. This developed into analysis paralysis. It's years later I discover the majority, if not all of the artists I admired copied during their formulative years. ''

First of all artist any artist that want to improve will be face with the dilema of where does one stop to auto critic there work.There as to be compassion applied to leave room for growth.

Drawing is enjoyable until it become a task but it doesn't necessarly stop being enjoyable it just require increasingly more brain matter to process what your learning.A begginer should not expect to be sitting and drawing as much as is favorite artist that unrealistic and destructive.Yes it alot of work but without patience it a path toward destruction.

Fear are irational they grow when you water them daily... and not act to resolve the issue.

Well, I'm trying now. What's really frustrating is I knew how to improve, it's all about analysing, I was just afraid to apply what I had learn. I just wanted to draw pictures for fandom, it's only when worried about my quality and how to improve (A.K.A Looking at other artists.), that art making became REALLY joyless for me. Can't really enjoy the money if you are worried about A) Sucking B) Ruining my reputation is an art drama.

You are right though, in that someone starting in their art journey should  and must  be kind to themselves. They don't know how long it took an artist they admire to produce said piece, nor how many years it took to get to that skill level. Easier said than done, though.